Hey everyone, I'm a total linux newb. I just installed Linux Mint 6 on my new Asus F6A. I noticed that sound wasn't working and I'm not sure where to even begin trying to fix it. Any help appreciated. Thanks!

You have to tell us more facts. The minimum is exactly which Mint you have - which version and which edition (main or any of the CEs)We also need to know a bit about all your hardware.Run " lspci " in a terminal and post here (To copy from a terminal right click)Some wifi and possibly built in sound can be connected to USB even if they are internal - if you suspect you have one of these run " lsusb " in a terminal.It's good to know it's an ASUS but not enough

We used to have "Hardware information" but it disappearedHowever as you see lspci gives very good informationyou can add -v to see even more (and several v)In your case it's because you have ICH sound - pulse audio does not like itFirst off though - check any setting for sound you can find - double click the volume applet next to the clockThen check this outhttp://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... sa#p107982Of course you change to model=asusSometimes another index number helps but that's only a last resort

I had a friend helping me troubleshoot a couple of days ago and he was modifying that alsa-base file. There may have been many changes made to it already and I am not sure if what we did actually made things worse. Here's what it looks like right now. Is there anything here that jumps out at you as problematic?

Comment out the last two linesoptions snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1I can't say if that's good or badMaybe also put the line I adviced you to add first of the options snd linesoptions snd-hda-intel index=0 model=asusGenerally this trick gets the sound goingAlso check every setting for sound you can find - don't forget to double click the volume applet next to the clock